ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Certain low-angle neutron scattering experiments on bulk protonated polymers containing a fraction of the deuterated species (or vice versa) suggest that clustering of like isotopes is occurring. In order to see whether this is likely, a form for the Helmholtz free energy of mixing is proposed, using thermodynamics and the ideal solution (Flory-Huggins) entropy of mixing. From this free energy the upper consolute point Tc is found. Tc is calculated for several isotopic molecular solutions. The results suggest that while isotope segregation phenomena are impossible for small hydrocarbons, they may become important for large polymer systems.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1980.180180416
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